BILL NUMBER: SB 766	CHAPTERED  09/27/00

	CHAPTER   766
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   SEPTEMBER 27, 2000
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   SEPTEMBER 26, 2000
	PASSED THE SENATE   AUGUST 30, 2000
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   AUGUST 25, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   AUGUST 7, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   JULY 6, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   JUNE 21, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   JUNE 21, 1999
	AMENDED IN SENATE   MAY 25, 1999
	AMENDED IN SENATE   APRIL 27, 1999
	AMENDED IN SENATE   APRIL 15, 1999
	AMENDED IN SENATE   APRIL 7, 1999

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Escutia

                        FEBRUARY 24, 1999

   An act to add Section 33333.5 to the Health and Safety Code,
relating to redevelopment, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take
effect immediately.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 766, Escutia.  Redevelopment:  City of South Gate.
   (1) Existing law relating to community redevelopment requires a
redevelopment agency that undertakes any action to remedy or remove a
release of hazardous substances on, under, or from property within a
redevelopment project area to amend its redevelopment plan and to
comply with other requirements.
   This bill would exempt the adoption of a redevelopment plan for a
specified area of the City of South Gate from various requirements
and would require the city to create a citizens' advisory committee
to advise the redevelopment agency on development of the project
area, thereby imposing a state-mandated local program.  The bill
would provide that it would not preclude the city or its
redevelopment agency from using a prior environmental impact report
prepared for the project area pursuant to regulations under the
California Environmental Quality Act .
  (2) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse
local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state.  Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement, including the creation of a State Mandates Claims Fund
to pay the costs of mandates that do not exceed $1,000,000 statewide
and other procedures for claims whose statewide costs exceed
$1,000,000.
   This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates
determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these
statutory provisions.
  (3) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately
as an urgency statute.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 33333.5 is added to the Health and Safety Code,
to read:
   33333.5.  (a) With respect to the adoption of the redevelopment
plan for an area of the City of South Gate with the approximate
boundaries east of Atlantic Boulevard, south of Wood Avenue, north of
Aldrich Road, and west of the Los Angeles River, the agency shall be
exempt from the provisions of Sections 33322 to 33327, inclusive,
and Section 33330 related to the addition of new territory to
existing project areas.
   (b) Notwithstanding any other exemption granted by this section,
the City of South Gate shall, prior to adoption of a redevelopment
plan, conduct at least two public meetings on the proposed plan for
South Gate residents and property owners.  The City of South Gate
shall also cause to be organized a citizens' advisory committee
comprised of residents and property owners of the project, which
shall advise the agency on development strategy and plans and other
matters that may affect the residents of the project area.  The
citizens' advisory committee shall remain in existence for at least
three years.
   (c) The adoption of a redevelopment plan pursuant to this section
is limited to a plan that adds land into an existing redevelopment
plan and does not involve a change of any general plan or zoning
ordinance or grant any variance.  Any change in zoning, a general
plan, or a variance relating to the additional redevelopment plan
area shall be subject to all applicable requirements of law.
   (d) Nothing in this section shall preclude the City of South Gate
or its redevelopment agency from using a prior environmental impact
report prepared for the site, referenced in subdivision (a), pursuant
to Section 15153 of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations.

  SEC. 2.  Notwithstanding Section 17610 of the Government Code, if
the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains
costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and
school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7
(commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the
Government Code.  If the statewide cost of the claim for
reimbursement does not exceed one million dollars ($1,000,000),
reimbursement shall be made from the State Mandates Claims Fund.
  SEC. 3.  Due to unique facts and circumstances applicable to the
area of the City of South Gate described in Section 33459.9 of the
Health and Safety Code, the Legislature finds and declares that a
general statute cannot be made applicable within the meaning of
Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution.  Therefore,
special legislation contained in Section 1 of this act is necessarily
applicable only to the City of South Gate.
  SEC. 4.  This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the
meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate
effect.  The facts constituting the necessity are:
   The area described in this act requires remediation from hazardous
substances, and it is both economically and physically blighted.  It
is essential for the City of South Gate to be exempted from
statutory requirements that could interfere with the vitally
necessary adoption of its redevelopment plan at the earliest possible
time.  To ensure the adoption of the redevelopment plan at the
earliest possible time, it is necessary that this act take effect
immediately.
